Improved table



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THOMAS B. STOUT, OF KEYPORT, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVED TABLE.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. STOUT, of Keyport, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Table; and I do hereby declare that the following is full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication- Figure l being a side elevation of the table; Fig. 2, a view of the under side thereof; Fig. 3, a central longitudinal vertical section of the same Fig. 4t, a top view, showing the leaves extended and the position of one in dotted lines, so as to exhibit the working parts beneath.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the iigures.

My table is designed as a center or close table and an extension-table, provided with arepository within the frame for storing the extra leaves for the extension, and also to receive table-linen, crockery, Ste., as a dining-table, or cloth, thread, Ste., as a work-table, or writing-paper, pens, Ste.,` as a writing-table. It may also have falling leaves, to render it more compact for small rooms.

My improvements in the construction will now be set forth.

A leading object is to make. the repository or box B entirely unobstructed for the full size within the frame, otherwise it is of very little practical use, andIarrange the constructive and operative features of theleaves above, 'so as to effect this desirable object.

The side and end pieces, E F, of the frame are set out flush with the outer sides of the legs Gr Gr, so as to leave room outside of the inner sides ofthe legs for hearings g g, Fig. 3, for the supports of the table-leaves. These bearings may sustain the supports ff h h of both end leaves, A A, or they may sustain only those of one, as shown in the same ligure, while bearings t' i, Fig. 4, may be made on the outside of the frame for those of the other leaf, A. In either case the principle is the saine.

The end leaves do not rest on the tableframe direct, but are attached each to slidesupports ff and h h, respectively. These supports keep the leaves from warping, and they rest and slide on the bearings g g and t' t', one set outside and the other inside, as shown in the drawings; but both sets may be inside. Those of each end leaf extend inward under the other to the whole length of the table'- frame, if necessary, or to the inner side of the opposite end of the frame; and the length of these projections determines the distance which the leaves may be extended.

To keep the leafsupports in place rmly they have grooves in theirinner surfaces, which run over projections or governors m m in the side frame, made either of metal or of wood; or the supports may run entirely under the governors. Singley governors m m serve for the support-s of both leaves, since they project both inward and outward, as shown in Fig. 4c. They are held in place by screws u n, or, if made of wood, they may be glued in.

Spring-catches p p, Fig. 3, or their equivalent, are employed to prevent the end leaves, A A, from sliding entirely off, unless purposely by raising the catches.

Each end leaf has a hatten, C, at each side of the table, not far from the edge. These battens project a little under the adjacent leaf, so that when the leaves are brought together their respective battens will project by each other, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and a pin, c, put through both, holds the leaves together.

In Figs. l and 2 falling leaves a a are represented on one side of the table, and they may be on both sides. They are hinged in the usual way, and have loafers77 s, or their equivalent, to support the fallingleaves, either under the battens or the leaves direct.

The b'attensGGalso serve to keep theleaves from warping, and their projections serve to support the extra leaves, as D, Fig.4, of which one is shown in the drawings; but there may be two, three, or more. These leaves are conveniently stored in the repository B, in which f 2. The combination of the supports ff h h,

goverllors m m, and slide-bearings g g i z', substantially as and for thepurposeherein set forth.

3. The combination and arrangement of the battens C C, coupling-pins c c, and leaves AA and D D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my improved table signed by me this 27th day of April, 1866.

THOS. B. STOUT.

Witnesses:

MARCUS B. TAYLOR, EUGENIA SToUT. 

